Stand-pipe.



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THOMAS E.' KELLEI-IER, 0F `lBATAVIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO T. W. SNOWCONSTRUC` TION COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

STAND-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent. f Patented 0G15. 8,4 1918.`

Application led March 15, 1918. Serial No. 222,533.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. KELLnrmR,

a citizen of the United States, residing aty My invention relates, moreparticularly,

to stand pipes which are provided as portions of railway equipment,alongside of the tracks to furnish water to the tenders of locomotives.

rIhe conditions as regards railway rolling stock and the operation ofthe same, are such, according to present -cday practices, that the standpipes must be made of such height in order to adapt them to lill thewater compartments of locomotive tenders, and avoid obstruction to therolling stock, that the water valve-operating mechanism provided on thestand pipe usually on a relatively rigid part thereof above the-nozzleof the pipe, is located at such a height as to be very inaccessible tothe operator on the tender, especially when the tender is a relativelylow one, this condition not only making Vit, diiiicultV for theoperatorto actuate the water valve, but rendering the operation thereofoftentimes hazardous.

My primary object is to provide a construction of stand pipe wherein thewatervalve operating mechanism, evenk when a relatively high stand pipeis used, is readily accessible Vfor operation by the operator whileoccupying a comparatively safe place on the tender, to the end ofreducing danger to the operator and making his work easier.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the. upper end of a stand pipeembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the outer end of thestand pipe; and Fig. 3, a

broken perspective view of the overhead frame of the stand pipe and aportion of the valve-operating mechanism shown in Fig. 1.

I have chosen to illustrate my invention in connection with a certainconstruction of stand pipe of a particular type, but without any idea oflimiting the use of the invention thereby. shown, the stand pipe isformed ofthe hol; low riser or standard 4, which, in practice, connectswith the supply of water which is to bedelivered through the stand pipeand into the tenders, communicationof the pipe In the particularconstructionv 4 with the water supply being controlled by means of avalve, not shown, but which is common practice. The upper end of theupright 4 terminates in a laterally-extending portion 5, which istelescoped with a spout section 6, this spout loosely fitting overtheextension 5. "The spout is provided at oppo# site sides at'its rear endwith rollers 7, one only of which is shown, journaled thereon,which'travel in curved `guide-ways 8 provided at opposite sides of thespout 6, these guide-ways being rigidly secured to a framework 9, whichis connected at one end with a bracket 10 securely fastened to the upperend of the upright 4. The guides 8, which are provided in the samerelative position at opposite sides of the spout 6, in combination withthe rollers 7., serve as a means for per'-v mitting the spout to bedrawn outrelative tothe extension 5 'and'tilted' downwardly( at itsforward, discharge, end. Cooperating with the guide-ways 8 and rollers7, is a flexible element 10, suchas a chain, which is connected at itsforward end with the forl ward portion of the spout 6, as indicated'at11, extends over pulleys 12 and 13 onthe frame 9 and at itsopposite endis counter# weighted in a manner lnot shown, but ink accordancewithfcommon practice, this feature of the construction permitting thespout to be raised and lowered at will `and retainedA ered. f This rodis pivotally connected as indicated at 14 with one arm of a bell-cranklrpivoted at 16 to the upright 4, the upper end of this bell-crank beingpivotally connected at 17 with a rod 18, which extends generallylengthwise of the frame 9( In practice, it is preferred thatthe partsjust described and including the rods 13 and18' and b ell cranlrl, beprovided at opposite sides of the stand pipe structure. VThe forwardends of the rods 18 are pivotally connected at kthe pins 23, with thearmsv 21 of a yoke 22, the arms of which straddle the forward endof 'theframe 9 and are pivoted medially thereof in an upward and rearwarddirection in the closed position of the valve, as shown in Fig. 1, andthe other represented at 25 and extending substantially horizontally andforwardly into a position Awherein it may be easily grasped bytheoperator on the` tender, in the closed position of the valve.` Thehandle 25 is shown as formed separately from the yoke 22, butrigidlyconnected therewith at its portion 26 through the medium of rivets 27,the shape of this lever, by preference, being such, as shown, as tocause it to extend at its under surface in contact with the enlargedportion of the adjacent pivot pin 23, in the normal position of theapparatus, the forward end of the handle 25 being preferably laterallyoffset as represented, it being understood from the foregoing that thehandle 25 extends laterally beyond the spout 6, as shown in Fig. 2, thuspermitting this handle `to be thrown down alongside the spout without.obstruction.

In the use of the device to open the water valve, the operator standingon the tender, grasps the lever 25 and by pulling downwardly on thelatter, rotates the yoke 22 on the pivots 20 in counterclockwisedirection in Fig. 1, thus shifting the rods 18 forwardly, rocking thebell-cranks 15 in anticlockwise direction in F ig. 1 and raising therods 13. In this movement of the member 22, the handle 24e is swungforwardly to a positionv in which it may be f readily grasped by theoperator to further move the valve in the same direction, should thehandle 25, before the desired position of the valve is reached, havemoved out of accessible position to the operator, or should operation bythe lever 24 be more convenient.

The-pivots 23 are preferably so disposed relative to the pivots 17 and2() that they will extend slightly below the planes in which the pivots17 and 20 extend, when the valve is in closed position. Thus, thevtendency of the parts of the valve-operating mechanism will be to remainin the position shown'in Fig.v 1 and danger of accidental opening of thevalve is greatly minimized.

I'Vhile I have illustrated and described av particular constructionembodying my invention, I do not wish to ,be understood as intending tolimit it thereto, asthe Same may be variously modified and alteredwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, it being my intentionto claim my invention as fully and completely as the prior state of theart will permit.

`What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In astand pipe, the combination of an upwardly-extending conduit having anextension projecting laterally therefrom and movable up and down at itsdischarge end, and valve-operating mechanism including hand-operatedelements through the medium of which said mechanism is actuated, one ofsaid elements being supported to extend laterally vbeyond said extensionto adapt said Last-referred-to element to move up and down alongsidesaid extension, the whole being constructed and arranged to cause theother of said hand-operated elements to be moved into a position forcontinuing the operation of said mechanism when the latter is moved outof its initial position.

2. In a stand pipe, the combination of an upwardly-extending conduithaving an extension projecting laterally therefrom and movable up anddown at its discharge end, and valve-operating mechanism includinghand-operated levers extending in different directions and through themedium of which said mechanism is actuated, one of said levers beingsupported to extend laterally beyond said extension to adapt saidlastnamed lever to move up and down alongside saidextension, the otherof said levers being brought into a position for continuing the`actuation of said mechanism when the latter is moved out of its initialposition.

3. In a stand pipe, the combination of an upwardly-extending conduithaving an extension projecting laterally therefrom and movable up anddown at its discharge end, and valve-operating mechanism includinghand-operated levers, one of which extends forwardly and the otherrearwardly in the normal position of said mechanism, saidforwardly-extending lever being supported to extend laterally beyondsaid extension to adapt this lever to move up and down alongside saidextension, and said rearwardly-extending lever being so positioned as tocause it to move into a position wherein it serves as the medium throughwhich said mechanismeisoperated upon actuating said forwardly-extendinglever.

4. In a stand pipe, the combination of an upwardly-extending conduithaving an extension projecting laterally therefrom and movable up anddown at its discharge end, and valve-operating mechanism including ayoke-member pivoted to extend above said extension, and aforwardly-extending lever and a rearwardly-extending lever connectedwith said yoke-member and through the medium of which the latter isactuated, said forwardly-extending lever extending later- `ally beyondsaid extension to adapt said forwardly-extending lever to move up anddown alongside said extension.

5. In a stand pipe, the combination of an upwardly-extending conduithaving an eX- tension projecting laterally therefrom and movable up anddown at its discharge end, a member connected With said conduit eX-tending lengthwise of said extension, and valveoperating mechanismincluding a yoke-member pivoted at its arms to said rstenamed member andextending above said extension, said yoke-member having arearwardly-extending handle-section, and a forwardly-extending leverconnected With said yoke-member, said lever extending laterally beyondsaid extension to adapt said lever to move up and down alongside saidextension.

6. In a stand pipe, the combination of van upwardly-extending conduithaving an extension projecting laterally therefrom and movable up anddoWn at its discharge end, and valve-operating mechanism including arock-member having ak handle-section eX- tending rearwardly and carryinga pivot pin, and a lever connected With said rockmember in the rear ofits pivot pin, and bearing intermediate its ends on said pivot pin, saidlever extending forwardly and eX- tending laterally beyond saidextension to adapt said lever to move up and down alongside the latter.

' THOMAS E. KELLEHER.

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